Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1908-2001 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4.2 m of textual records
1 CD
212 photographs : b&w and col ; 8x10" or smaller
107 slides
32 audio cassettes
4x 45-rpm vinyl discs
3x 1/4 inch open reels
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian playwright and journalist Lois Kerr, née Reynolds, was born in Hamilton, Ontario. Educated at the University of Toronto. Died in Vancouver, British Columbia, on December 5, 2001. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian theatre, p. 284.
Archival history
Acquired in several accessions between 1982 and 1999. MsC 275 donated by John R. Kerr in 2002.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence; diaries; scrapbooks; photographs and slides; personal and family memorabilia; manuscripts of stage and television plays, skits, lyrics, music, poetry, fiction and prose; playbills, reviews and promotional material relating to various play productions; and miscellaneous material. One small appendix (MsC 275) consists of material relating to Lois Kerr's memorial service and burial: a compact disc recording of a special arrangement of L. Kerr's song "Woods are full of violets" sung and recorded by David Kerr; programme of the service, December 16, 2001; texts of "Words of Remembrance" by L. Kerr's three sons; signatures of guests; and letters of condolence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into 13 series:
- Articles and speeches
- Correspondence
- Diaries and journals
- Early work
- Miscellaneous
- Non-fiction
- Novels
- Plays
- Poetry
- Prose humour
- Scrapbooks and photographs
- Short stories
- Skits
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some items restricted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Accession 475/90.15 interfiled with Accession 447/89.9.
Notes area
Note
Further accruals expected.
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
Access points
Subject access points
- Dramatists, Canadian
- Journalists and journalism
- Canadian Literary and Cultural Archives
- Articles
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Diaries
- Notebooks
- Sound recordings
- Short stories
- Manuscripts
- Research
- Novels
- Drama
- Poetry
- Scrapbooks
- Theatre
- Slides (Photography)
- Video recordings
- Electronic records
Place access points
Name access points
- Kerr, Lois (Subject)